Archive for ‘Video’

If you’re eagerly awaiting the release of Transformers 3, don’t fret because it is still under production, and here is a glimpse of the action, even if unplanned. While filming in a Washington D.C. area, a real Chevrolet Suburban police vehicle was responding to an emergency and cut across the set to save time. The “Bumblebee” Chevrolet Camaro collided with the Suburban, but it there are no serious injuries. The Camaro was quickly covered up and moved away. Continue reading »

This old video involves a few 1980s Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang police package cars as well as a few 1990s Chevrolet Caprice police cars strutting their stuff on the racetrack, likely with professional drivers. Continue reading »

What started out as an entertaining driving video has become an entertaining infomercial for cheesy products, but Ken Block’s “Gymkhana 3” is definitely worth a watch. The man knows how to put on a show with his modified all-wheel-drive turbocharged rally Ford Fiesta racecar, this time in France. Continue reading »

The special-order BMW Z4 GT3 is a fixed-roof racing car offered by BMW to anyone ready to cough up $400,000. The only problem is it comes in self-assembly-required boxes. Swedish racing team, Team West Coast Racing, bought the Z4 GT3, powered by a 480 hp 4.0L V8, and took 600 hours to actually finish building it, over 25 days. Continue reading »

Piloting American Suzuki Motor Corporation’s modified 2010 Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Special, Road & Track’s Sam Mitani injected the Kizashi into the record books (and himself in the 200 mph club) with his 203.720 mph run at this year’s Bonneville Speed Week, exceeding the previous record of 202.301 mph. Despite a multitude of records – and record attempts – achieved by Suzuki motorcycle riders, this was the first official crack at the Bonneville Salt Flats by American Suzuki’s automotive arm. Continue reading »

Portugese driver Francisco Carvalho went off the track at a recent World Touring Car Championship event. Competing in the Seat Leon Euro Cup Race, he got nudged by another racer, which quickly made Carvalho’s car a shining example of what happens when you lose control at high speeds. However, no one was injured in this track incident thanks to a racing rollcage and vigilant marshals. Continue reading »

As part of the premiere for season three of MTV’s “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory,” a professional drifter took a Ford Mustang, modified with skid plates under the car, and attempted to use it as a skateboard around a specially-built track. The clip is only a teaser, but it looks like they made it work somewhat. Continue reading »

Subaru today released footage covering advanced research and development carried out at the Nurburgring’s racetrack in Germany, using a 2011MY Subaru WRX STI 4-door (sedan) test vehicle. Subaru has been using the famous Nordschleife course since 1992 for advanced R&D as well as tests of the WRX and WRX STI models. Continue reading »

The Lexus LFA’s limited run is already sold out, despite being overpriced. So this final commercial is designed simply to boost brand perception, with the engine’s soundtrack as the main feature. Continue reading »